No mercy in this land
Ben Harper
Summary: Baez performs the modern folk songs of contemporary musicians, such as Tom Waits, Josh Ritter, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Anohni.
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Pitchfork
d. 10. mar. 2018
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Stephen M. Deusner
d. 10. mar. 2018
"On her first album in a decade, the folk great takes a hard look at the state of the world and tries to muster something like hope".
Rolling stone
d. 2. mar. 2018
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Will Hermes
d. 2. mar. 2018
"Still America's Folk Music Queen on 'Whistle Down the Wind' ... This curated collection of songs is perfect for her burnished voice and eternal activist commitment".
The observer
d. 4. mar. 2018
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Neil Spencer
d. 4. mar. 2018
"The years have added grain and intimacy to Baez's magisterial voice, especially on songs centred on retrospection, regret and mortality. She finds the tenderness beneath Tom Waits's gravel-voiced title track ("Can't stay here and I'm scared to leave") and Last Leaf, and the forgiveness in Mary Chapin Carpenter's The Things That We Are Made Of. The President Sang Amazing Grace, Zoe Mulford's account of the 2015 Charleston church shooting, hits a sweet spot, while the folk standard I Wish the Wars Were All Over concludes in simple, utopian style. A graceful bow-out".
Politiken
d. 9. mar. 2018
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Alexander Vesterlund
d. 9. mar. 2018
"På Joan Baez' nye plade er der stadig gløder i ikonets drømme ... "Whistle Down the Wind" (...) består af fortolkninger af sange af Tom Waits, Josh Ritter, Mary Chapin Carpenter og flere. Sangene kredser stadig om verdens tilstand. "Another World' (Antony and the Johnsons) (...) er en mørk sang om fred, der giver [68'ernes] fortælling nyt liv, når hun synger om behovet for en bedre verden på denne måde: »I'm gonna miss the sea/I'm gonna miss the snow/I'm gonna miss the bees/I'll miss the things that grow«. Mens sangen er helt i hendes ånd, handler den også om en planet, vi igennem årtier har været i gang med at ødelægge ... Albummet er afdæmpet, produktionen varm og blød, og sangcyklussen udgør en afbalanceret helhed, der kredser om folkmusikken. Baez stemme i centrum er tydelig og intim ... På pladen ledsages hun af et professionelt orkester, der skaber nuancer og generøst hjælper mennesket bag ikonet frem".
fRoots
2018 Spring
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David Kidman
2018 Spring
"Joan's first studio collection since 2008's "Day After Tomorrow" could be seen as bringing her full circle in that it takes on board both the folky (or overtly folk-inspired) and the political or socially-conscious strands of writing ... The whole collection sounds tailor-made for Baez, and specific highlights come with Tim Eriksen's "I Wish The Wars Were All Over" and the disc's "significant discovery", the powerful "The President Sang Amazing Grace" by undersung singer-songwriter Zoë Mulford. Also most persuasive are "Civil War" (written by Joe Henry), Eliza Gilkyson's "The Great Correction", and the thoughtful political statement "Another World" (from the pen of Anohni, formerly Antony Hegarty) ... This is a fitting artistic statement for this stage of Joan's illustrious career, and one which may well constitute her final studio collection. If that's the case, then Joan will surely be going out on a high".